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A Novel
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Emily Ellet
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By:
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Tracy Sierra
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Unputdownable · Psychological Suspense · Horror · Tense · Gripping
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“Pulse-pounding locked-room suspense.”—Elle
“Nightwatching is like nothing I've read before. I wolfed it down in two sittings; it's amazing.”—Lisa Jewell
A footstep on the stairs. A second to react. What happens next will determine everything.
Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. She hears a noise—old houses are always making some kind of noise. But this sound is disturbingly familiar: it’s the tread of footsteps, unusually heavy and slow, coming up the stairs.
She sees the figure of a man appear down the hallway, shrouded in the shadows. Terrified, she quietly wakes her children and hustles them into the oldest part of the house, a tiny, secret room concealed behind a wall. There they hide as the man searches for them, trying to tempt the children out with promises and scare the mother into surrender.
In the suffocating darkness, the mother struggles to remain calm, to plan. Should she search for a weapon or attempt escape? But then she catches another glimpse of him. That face. That voice. And at once she knows her situation is even more dire than she’d feared, because she knows exactly who he is—and what he wants.
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Critic reviews
“[Nightwatching] guarantees you will stay up, as I did, way past bedtime, tearing through pages to find out what happens, or you’ll be too petrified to sleep, or maybe both.”—Mary Louise Kelly, NPR
“Tracy Sierra is an impressive new talent. Nightwatching is riveting, by turns a chilling account of a horrifying ordeal and a whip-smart snapshot of marriage, motherhood, and the female experience in a man’s world. Psychological terror at its finest.”—Gilly Macmillan, New York Times bestselling author of The Manor House
“Breathtakingly superb on every level. A proper tour de force that delivers the highest possible grip factor from first word to last, and a more satisfying resolution than I dared to hope for.”—Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple at the Table
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One of the Good Guys
- A Novel
- By: Araminta Hall
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick, Olivia Vinall, Helen Keeley
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Desperate to escape the ghosts of his failed marriage, Cole leaves London behind for a remote stretch of coast, relishing the respite from the noise, drama, and relentless careerism that curdled his relationship and mental health. Leonora has made the same move for similar reasons. Though Cole still can’t figure out what went wrong with his marriage, and Leonora is having trouble acclimating to the hostile landscape, the pair forges a connection on the eroding bluff they call home. Then, two young women activists raising awareness about gendered violence disappear while passing through.
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meh.
- By Amazon Customer on 09-17-24
By: Araminta Hall
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Darling Rose Gold
- By: Stephanie Wrobel
- Narrated by: Megan Dodds, Jill Winternitz
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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For the first 18 years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold. Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar. After serving five years in prison, Patty gets out with nowhere to go and begs her daughter to take her in. The entire community is shocked when Rose Gold says yes.
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Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose-esque but way better ending
- By erin lovett on 03-19-20
By: Stephanie Wrobel
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The Mirror House Girls
- By: Faith Gardner
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When Winona rents a room at the eccentric Mirror House, she hopes to make new friends. What she gets instead is a “family” led by the charismatic psychologist Simon Spellmeyer. But if she wants to stay at Mirror House, Winona must join in following Simon’s strange protocols for self-improvement. Warning bells chime inside her, but the allure of transformation keeps her hooked. While his methods are disturbing, the results are undeniable.
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Meh waste of a credit
- By Brent O'Connor on 05-31-25
By: Faith Gardner
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The Winter People
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer McMahon
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathe Mazur
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter, Gertie. Now, in present day, 19-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister, Fawn. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that suddenly proves perilous when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished without a trace. Searching for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary....
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Get past the narration of the first chapter
- By Brook on 04-19-14
By: Jennifer McMahon
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The Last Housewife
- A Novel
- By: Ashley Winstead
- Narrated by: Alexis Van Aiken
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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While in college in upstate New York, Shay Evans and her best friends met a captivating man who seduced them with a web of lies about the way the world works, bringing them under his thrall. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel were the only ones who managed to escape. Now, eight years later, Shay’s built a new life in a tony Texas suburb. But when she hears the horrifying news of Laurel’s death―delivered, of all ways, by her favorite true-crime podcast crusader―she begins to suspect that the past she thought she buried is still very much alive.
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Whoa
- By Lela on 09-09-22
By: Ashley Winstead
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We Used to Live Here
- A Novel
- By: Marcus Kliewer
- Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Corey Brill
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in. As soon as the strangers enter their home, uncanny and inexplicable things start happening.
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ok
- By Emily Santoyo on 08-14-24
By: Marcus Kliewer
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You Will Never Be Me
- By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong, Risa Mei
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Influencer Meredith Lee didn’t teach Aspen Palmer how to blossom on social media just to be ditched as soon as Aspen became big. So can anyone really blame Mer for doing a little stalking? Nothing serious, more like Stalking Lite. Then, Mer gets lucky; she finds one of Aspen’s kids’ iPads and swipes it. Now, she has access to everything: the family calendar and Aspen’s social media accounts. Would anyone else be able to resist tweaking things a little here and there, showing up in Aspen’s place for meetings with potential sponsors?
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Definitely a page turner
- By Ayanna Ah’sha 🤎 on 10-31-24
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Cross My Heart
- A Novel
- By: Megan Collins
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan, Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Rosie Lachlan wants nothing more than to find The One. A year after she was dumped in her wedding dress, she’s working at her parents’ bridal salon, anxious for a happy ending that can’t come soon enough. After receiving a life-saving heart transplant, Rosie knows her health is precious and precarious. She suspects her heart donor is Daphne Thorne, the wife of local celebrity author Morgan Thorne, who she begins messaging via an anonymous service called DonorConnect, ostensibly to learn more about Daphne. But Rosie has a secret.
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The twists and turns kept me from putting down this book
- By Anonymous User on 05-13-25
By: Megan Collins
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Tell Me What You Did
- A Novel
- By: Carter Wilson
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan, Patrick Zeller
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they’ve committed to her audience. She can’t guarantee the police won’t come after her “guests,” but her show grants simultaneous anonymity and instant fame—a potent combination that’s proven difficult to resist. After an episode recording, Poe usually erases both criminal and crime from her mind. But when a strange and oddly familiar man appears on her show, Poe is forced to take a second look.
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Good story.
- By Sami on 02-23-25
By: Carter Wilson
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The Return of Ellie Black
- By: Emiko Jean
- Narrated by: Mizuo Peck, Tessa Albertson, Nicole Lewis, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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It’s been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s sister vanished when they were teenagers, and ever since she’s been searching: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. But happy endings are rare in Chelsey’s line of work. Then a glimmer: local teenager Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace two years earlier, has been found alive in the woods of Washington State. But something is not right with Ellie. She won’t say where she’s been, or who she’s protecting, and it’s up to Chelsey to find the answers.
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BUCKLE UP!
- By Maryanne T. on 06-04-24
By: Emiko Jean
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Drowning
- By: T. J. Newman
- Narrated by: Steven Weber, Laura Benanti
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors—but it’s too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with twelve passengers trapped inside. More than two hundred feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon are waist-deep in water and fighting for their lives.
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Outstanding!
- By Adanna H on 05-30-23
By: T. J. Newman
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Incidents Around the House
- A Novel
- By: Josh Malerman
- Narrated by: Delanie Nicole Gill
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?” When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay. Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe, but other incidents show cracks in her parents’ marriage. The safety Bela relies on is about to unravel.
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Child’s voice narrates the ENTIRE novel.
- By NorthernNV on 08-06-24
By: Josh Malerman
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The Last Word
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Adams
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Jim Meskimen
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor, Deek, and (via text) the house’s owner, Jules. One day, she reads a poorly written—but gruesome—horror novel by the author H. G. Kane, and posts a one-star review that drags her into an online argument with none other than the author himself. Soon after, disturbing incidents start to occur at night.
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Did it really start with a one star review????
- By RRLynn on 05-01-23
By: Taylor Adams
Opening was grabbing
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Scary!
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loved it!
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Narrator was fantastic
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GRIPPING
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Not for the faint ones
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Too long
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Good stuff
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Slow burn
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Really great writing with an intriguing plot
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